about 

Brenda Gilhooly is an award winning comedian, actor and writer.

 

As a performer, in stand up and on TV, she’s probably best known for her comedy character Gayle Tuesday. She wrote and starred in her own series Gayle’s World for ITV1.

 

Brenda was also a writer on the multi award winning ITV1 show Harry Hill’s TV Burp.

 

Brenda also worked alongside the late, great Paul O’Grady for many years, most notably when Paul was performing as his unforgettable and magnificent creation, Lily Savage. Gayle Tuesday appeared as Lily’s support act for several live shows, including a national tour. Brenda also worked alongside Paul in his ITV1 show Lily Live, appearing again as Gayle.

 

Brenda also made another show as Gayle Tuesday in Gayle Tuesday The Comeback, for Sky TV, also starring Paul O’Grady, Harry Hill,Toyah Wilcox and Elle Macpherson in cameo roles.

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Brenda wrote and starred in the sitcom Madam Mayor that was both a TV and radio show also starring Harry Hill, Jack Dee, Romesh Ranganathan, Michelle Collins and Elis James.

 

Brenda has written a number of plays for Radio 4, most notably Well That’s One Way Of Looking At It starring Olivia Colman, Kevin Eldon and Brenda.

 

Brenda is currently writing a brand new comedy Invisible for the production company Val TV and is also working on a brand new TV entertainment format, Add and Delete, a kind of This Is Your Life with a twist with the comedians Jo Brand and Lucy Porter, created by Lucy and Brenda.

 

Brenda has just finished writing her first novel, a comedy, entitled Woman Behaving Badly to be published by Harper Collins, January 2027.

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Brenda has recently revived Gayle Tuesday - you can find her content on Instagram, TikTok and You Tube from the links below.

 

A brand new video podcast Mental Mind Matters with Gayle Tuesday is coming soon.

 

AWARDS

 

Gayle’s World ITV1 won the Best Entertainment Show at the Royal Television Society Awards.

 

Lily Live ITV1 won the Best Entertainment Show at the British Comedy Awards.

 

Harry Hill’s TV Burp ITV1 won multi awards including three Baftas, four British Comedy Awards, two Royal Television Society Awards, a Rose D’or, and a Broadcast Award.

 

Madam Mayor for Radio 4 was nominated for Best Radio Comedy at the Writer’s Guild Awards.